The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-04
THE RUIN OF TWO LIVES.

"A Policeman's Story of Girls Dishonor
and Her Betrayer's Fate.
Recoections of Cincinnati Officer.
zone of the saddesr cases 1 ever had called to
my attention WAS ono / worked upon about six
years ago." said officer at police headquarters.
Zone day was called before the Colonel I
was not detective at that time, but had done
some fly" work and was very successful A
letter had been received by the then chief of
police Colonel Reilly. The letter was from
little town away out upon the frontier. 1t came
from a gentleman named Armstrong, and re-
quest~d that nothing be said about the matter.
He wanted to learn something regarding his
daughter She was here and had been attend
ing the College of Music. boarding
with some friends on Plum street, below
Fourth. A number of other young ladies from
abroad, also studying music. stopped at the
same place. When she lad finished her co,>rse
at the college she word home that she deA
sired to remain here for a time in order to pur-
sue her musical studies at Wesleyan Seminary.
Nothing was thought of this at the time, as she
was an only daughter who had had pretty much
her own way. But days passed by, and nofhing
more was heard from her. Her parents wrote
letter after letter. but all remained unanswered
Then the father came on here. He i'm
mensely wealthy, and my heart bled for him.
He had previously sent on the letter to Colonel
Reilly, and had been working upon the case
for several days whom he arrived. I;
will never forget that affair When he
got here we had a long talk. l had learned
that while at the house on Plum street she had
fallen In love with young fellow named Hasson.
He was a salesman in a Fourth-street establish
ment, ana was a dasniEg, handsome fellow,
But she had left there and gone no one knew
where. 1t was four five days after the arrival
OF her father when we found her. She was in a
diney little room Third street The DOOR,
girl was about to become a mother. I can see
her now. and will always remember that meet
ing between herself and her father She was a
beautiful GIRL dark-eyed and with wondrous
face. We took her away from there ard placed
her under the Of of the best physicians
In the city. 1t was months before she recovered,
and she was given up for dead dozen times"
What became of Hassonf" asked the reporter.
'Oh he never had day luck. He had won
the girls affections. and then robbed her of all
dear to her, her virtue. She had an attack of
brain fever and when she recovered her halr
was as gray as the oldest person in the world
in fact. perfectly white 1t may appear like,
superstition to you. but think the screams Of
that girl she tossed about upon her bed Of
sickness called to heaven for vengeance Hede-
serted her after removing her to that room on
Third street. and if it had not been for the kind
ness of an old Irish woman ehe must have died,
for want of attention In her delirum she
even when beside herself her large black
eyes would light up with glad
light when either the father or
myself approached her bedside. You see she
thought it was Hasson. l called frequently
because | then had a little sister that l thought
the world of. and that girl in some way always
reminded me of her. Well. sir. that fellow
wrong in the establishment with which he was
connected and fired. Then he went to San
Francisco. got employ ment there and also rob-
bed his employers. He is now a fugitive from
justice and price is upon his head. When hs
first met that girl he was on the wav to success
wronged girl who loved him and suffered the
consequences"